Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

Jason sat down with Steve Barsh , Managing Partner of Dreamit, to give founders relevant downturn strategies. In fact, Jason started investing during the financial crisis. Jason answers critical questions for founders, including: How can your company ensure survival? Your primary job as a founder is to save the business.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Such as your first SDR achieving quota, or the CEO/Co-founder being able to book customers themselves. If the CEO/Co-founder can’t book a deal, an SDR will have a tough time too. Prospective customers like talking to the people in charge.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education. I would say the past few years have been more of an anomaly, and we are getting back to a more sustainable pace. The early innings of the pandemic netted edtech massive investments of more than $10 billion in venture capital investment globally in 2020 and $20 billion in 2021.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. “In 10 days, I can do the primary research and work with the founders to come to a conclusion there. For a larger Series A check.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

There are also the founders who — within the same breath of their layoff announcement — will make it clear that they are still hiring for strategic roles. Backstage Capital cuts majority of staff after pausing net new investments.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital. A shift from late-stage pre-IPO investing to renewed emphasis on early stage.

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